back at the beginning of the season i was in desperate need of a clutch, since my Spec 5 decided it wanted nothing to do with me while in my initial break in…
did a lot of research and decided i wanted to go with a McLeod Street Twin clutch. at the power i’m at, there aren’t “a lot” of options available. i went the sintered iron approach the first time around with the spec 5, and it was nice and cheap, held the power, but at the expense of other qualities.
problem is these clutches (mcleod) were no longer available because they had a faulty adj master cylinder (required to operate this clutch, larger bore). the company they outsourced to was shit. JnJ found one in one of his warehouses though, and i went with it anyway. i knew once it got bad i could fix it anyway.
fast-forward, clutch is AMAZING. engages like stock, no joke, and can handle all the power in the world. no noises, no chatter, no slipping, nothing. but sure enough, by the end of my season, the Master was slowly failing.
was tipped off by a friend that their new improved design was out. called up today, and they said to just fill out the warranty form from their website, send it back and they will test it. if it is in fact bad, (which it is), they will replace it no questions.
that is what i call good customer service in a time of shady motherfuckers in this industry :tup:
Let me know the turn around time on this. Im pretty sure i have one of the “old” ones, but just in case… the pedal stuck to the floor a few times at the end of the summer, but then went away… hopefully a fluke.
plus the new Spec Twin discs. Firehawk853 has one. it holds the power but driveability is rough. SUPPOSEDLY it smooths out after 1000-1500 miles, but that remains to be seen.
the main difference between ours is my discs are organic and his are composite. I can upgrade my discs to composite for like 1600rwhp, and i bet mine would feel the same as his then
Zoom is a joke, especially behind an LS1. I’d be interested in feeling the McLeod. I pulled a car around the shop with the Spec Super Twin Carbon and it was damn nice for a car with 900whp. I expected it to be alot worse, but it was really smooth. I liked it much more then the Ram dual setup.
with chucks you have to pop the gas and let it engage as the revs fall into place. and it still bucks and yanks the car forward. it’s hard to have a slow start without the car on the verge of stalling.
Turby’s clutch > Chuck’s clutch plain and simple. Turby’s requires no gas to get moving and an 80 yr old woman could drive it. As stated Sir Charles’ clutch is a beast to drive. We all know Turby’s makes more power too…:mamoru:
sounds like somethings off. with the one I drove, it drove like a super heavy RAM PGHD. No touching the gas, just let it slowly out. It was fairly light until the engagement point then it got heavy. Smooth as butter every time.
Yeah I guess the only thing that really compares to them are a custom Tilton setup. As far as I know though the only place that’s even doing that is LG for their extreme C6 Z06 projects recently.
The standard linings (organic) on the street twin may indeed hold 1000RW horsepower, but your TT/Blower guys who make some serious torque may want to consider having them build the clutch as a Meba lining instead. They feel much the same, though the Meba lining has a much higher torque capacity and can stand up to more abuse. The Vipers were shredding the Organic linings left and right, so they went to a Meba style. They hold up without issue on the 1250+ HP/TQ Vipers, so consider them well proven. For reference, Meba IS NOT carbon, it is a metallic/composite style lining, similar to bronze.
[Edit, just saw this was mentioned a post or two above as well]
And yes, the McLeod is the only clutch to date in the Viper realm which has given the Tilton a run for its money on torque capacity & smoothness of engagment. The Tilton will surely outperform a Mcleod in every way, but you have to look carefully at the application before determining if the cost difference is worth it, as the Tilton is 3x the price.
yes, i was surprised to see my McLeod was organic, but like i said, it has no problem (so far) handling the tq. it was the first disc(s) i’ve had since i bought the car that was organic. my spec 3 was probably the Meba you speak of (i was just calling it a carbon), the same material used on other high tq clutches. My spec 5 was sintered iron, which is actually a SOFTER material.
i’ll see how this lasts, then might consider the higher rated material next time around. for now, i am VERY happy with the clutch. and like FinalGTS said, the price is pretty decent for a Twin disc. i think the whole package with a $300 master cylinder was something like $1250 (with the i-know-somebody-hook-up-package). most other comparable packages are in the $1500+ range with the exotics in the $2500 range
i guess ill have to follow up when i get to the track with this clutch and start hooking this car up
I wish they made something decent for supras, my 6 puck is a PITA to drive. The only real clutch that has decent driveablitity and holds power is the tilton and it is priced at 5 grand no thanks.
